Lindsey Graham’s funeral ceremonies to begin with Netanyahu and Zelenskyy in attendance

Key Points:

• Funeral ceremonies for late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham will begin Tuesday in Washington, attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will also meet with former President Donald Trump at the White House.
• Graham, a staunch foreign policy hawk, died at 71 shortly after returning from Kyiv where he was working on new Russia sanctions; memorial events will include services at the Capitol Rotunda, Washington National Cathedral, and in South Carolina with an F-16 flyover.
• Newly released footage from February shows Graham expressing strong support for US-Israeli strikes on Iran and close alignment with Netanyahu and Trump, predicting rapid destabilization of the Iranian regime that has yet to materialize.
• The footage reveals Graham comparing Trump and Netanyahu to Roosevelt and Churchill as key figures confronting perceived evil, while Netanyahu and Trump’s relationship has since reportedly become strained.
• Zelenskyy’s upcoming White House meeting aims for a more positive outcome than his contentious February 2025 encounter with Trump and JD Vance, which included criticism over his attire.